[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

It was against this background that Wang Cheng, the chief steward of the Lin family, came to Beijing. Not only did he bring gifts from Lin Ruhai to the Jia family, to Jia Amnesty's family, and to Lin Daiyu, he was also ordered to carefully understand Lin Daiyu's situation.If it doesn't work, Lin Ruhai will strive to return to Beijing next year to report on his work and bring Lin Daiyu back by the way.

Wang Cheng, the chief steward of the Lin family, is not Jia Yucun.As the chief steward of the Lin family, he is clear about the affairs of the Jia family. Of course, he did not act on the basis of experience. Instead, he sent a young man to the Jia family to find out. Li He came to Rongguo Mansion to vote for the gifts he gave to the members of the Jia family.

Everyone in the Jia family has a pair of rich eyes, even the servants on the gate have a pair of golden eyes.Although because of Jia Min's death, Wang Cheng's Tsing Yi cap was made of linen, but Wang Cheng's bearing was not something that ordinary people could maintain. Even though the Lin family's car looked ordinary, it was not light at all.

Different from Grandma Liu who came to the door later, this kind of Wang Cheng was immediately warmly welcomed by the guards of the Jia family, and more than one of them ran over with bowed waist to guide him enthusiastically.

The one who came out to meet him was naturally Zhou Rui.

When Wang Cheng heard that it was Zhou Rui, he immediately frowned: "Zhou Rui? I remember that the name of the person next to my second uncle and wife seems to be called this."

Zhou Rui smiled and said, "My brother has a good memory."

Wang Cheng said: "Where is it, if you can't even do this, how can it be our turn to run errands for the master? Since you are in charge, please pass it on to me."

Zhou Rui said: "It's a coincidence. Brother, tomorrow will be Xiaonian, and the pen will be sealed in the yamen. Our master has gone to the yamen and is not at home."

Wang Cheng glanced at him with a half-smile, and said, "Huh? I remember that my uncle is the serious lord in this mansion, and my second uncle is a member of the Ministry of Industry. Is it because I remembered wrongly?"

Zhou Rui was dumb.

Jia She is the lord of the Jia family who has been recognized by the state and has been canonized. Jia Lian is Jia She's son and the heir of the Rongguo Mansion. As a side branch who went out, Zhou Rui, a servant of the second room, actually regarded the Rongguo Mansion as his master's private property, which is not out of order.

Jia Zheng and Jia Lian are not at home today, but Jia Amnesty is.Because he has a noble title, but he has no official position, so he usually doesn't have to go anywhere to report, as long as he stands in the Golden Luan Hall during the Great Dynasty or kowtows in the palace during the big festival, basically nothing happens at ordinary times.Moreover, his study is just in front of the Rongxi Hall on the east side. Although Lin Zhixiao and his wife beside him are famous for being deaf and dumb, they can be the housekeepers of Jia's family, and they even have to pay for such things as building the Grand View Garden. Hosting for their couple, how can they be the kind of people who don't know what to do?

Wang Cheng just sat here for a while, and Lin Zhixiao ran over to welcome Wang Cheng to Jia She's side.

Jia She only knew about Wang Cheng's protection of him, and saw that in addition to the annual gift from Lin Ruhai, there were also gifts for each member of the Jia family, all of which were packed in separate small boxes, and each small box contained With a signature, write everyone's name.

Intentionally or not, Jia She paid attention to the gifts Lin Ruhai gave to Jia Baoyu and Jia Cong. Although they were the same pens, inks and books, Jia She could tell at a glance that the books Lin Ruhai gave to his son Jia Cong were all old books. It was Lin Ruhai who wrote the notes one stroke at a time. Instead, it was Jia Baoyu, who was a new book just like Jialan and Jiahuan, but the pen, ink and inkstone that came with it was more expensive than Jialan and Jiahuan. It's even, half a chip shorter than Jia Lian's.

Jia Amnesty was very satisfied, and said: "My brother-in-law now has only Lin girl under his knees. It can be seen that he is thinking too hard. It is also our house, which is in such a mess that people outside don't know who lives in the Rongxi Hall. Instead, my brother-in-law is wronged." thing."

Jia Yucun took Lin Ruhai's letter directly to the Rongxi Hall, and by the way, put Lin Ruhai's annual gift to Jia's family into Mrs. Wang's pocket, so that Lin Daiyu was said to eat and drink for nothing at Jia's house, and play the autumn wind. Jia She understood it clearly.

Jia Amnesty knew about Wang Cheng, so he was not ambiguous, and asked Lin Daiyu to be notified directly, while he brought Wang Cheng to Mrs. Xing's upper room.

Jia Amnesty brought Wang Cheng over, whether it was Mrs. Xing Wang Xifeng Jia Yan who had just come down from Jia's mother, or Lin Daiyu who was keeping a filial piety for her mother in her own room.

Mrs. Xing and Jia Yan were okay, but Wang Xifeng's bright red and purple clothes really stunned Wang Cheng for a while.Even Jia She, when he saw Wang Xifeng's attire, immediately put his face down.

Jia She is the father-in-law, and Wang Xifeng is the inner house, originally to avoid suspicion, and in this world and the rules of each family, it is common for Jia She not to see Wang Xifeng for several months, saying that Jia She doesn't know Wang Xifeng's clothes, It makes perfect sense logically and legally.

Whose father-in-law cares as much about his daughter-in-law as Jia Zhen?

But on the other hand, Jia Amnesty is neither deaf nor blind, who doesn't know Wang Xifeng's exquisite Jia family?How could Jia Amnesty be unclear?So, if Wang Xifeng knew that after Jia Min's death she had to obey the nine-month rule of great merit, if Jia She didn't believe it, Jia She would be angry, which naturally made sense.

But Wang Xifeng didn't wear plain clothes during Jia Min's funeral, but came here in this red and purple outfit, and Jia Amnesty was angry with the two of them.

One is of course Jia Lian.Wang Xifeng is Jia Lian's wife, Wang Xifeng is not good, it must be that Jia Lian did not manage this wife well.As for whether Jia Lian can control this wife, and whether Wang Xifeng will listen to Jia Lian, those are not within the scope of Jia Amnesty's consideration.

The other person Jia She was angry with was naturally Mrs. Xing.Wang Xifeng did not do well. As a mother-in-law, Mrs. Xing has the responsibility to discipline her daughter-in-law. If Mrs. Xing can't discipline her, she can tell him to let him talk to Jia Lian.But Wang Xifeng was dressed in red and purple, and Madam Xing hadn't mentioned it to him before, so that Wang Xifeng was ashamed and thrown in front of the Lin family. Jia She was naturally angry.

Jia Amnesty thought to himself: Fortunately, my niece lives here with me, otherwise, she would live with Jia Mu, seeing Jia Mu Wang's wife, Jia Baoyu, Wang Xifeng and others wearing red and green clothes every day, and I don't know how wronged I am. Woolen cloth.

Not to mention Jia Amnesty's inner activities, but Lin Daiyu, who was able to tell the news, immediately turned red after hearing Wang Cheng's intention.If it was Lin Ruhai who came this time, Lin Daiyu would throw herself into her father's arms and cry loudly.But even now, Lin Daiyu only said that she was doing well in Jia's house, and that her uncle and aunt were very kind to her.As for Mrs. Jia's mother, Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, she didn't even mention it.

However, there was no need for her to speak, Wang Cheng had already seen everything in front of her just now.

Seeing this, Jia Yan immediately jokingly said, "Look at what my sister said, no matter how caring my parents are, they can't compare to my sister's own family. Fortunately, my sister doesn't care about it, otherwise, I would really be ashamed and go to a relative's house." Said Then, he picked up his gift list again, looked at it briefly, and laughed again:

"In the end it's my aunt, I'll just say it, my aunt can sit firmly in the position of Yangzhou inspector censor, how can ordinary people compare it? This behavior is different from other families. If you don't say anything else, just talk about plum blossoms." Jade Banxuan. There are people in our family who buy it, but who in the family doesn’t know the oil and water used in the purchase? This house spends a lot on these paper and pens. If you want to flatter the other side, you have to skip this side. There is never a shortage of good paper and pens at Baoyu, and even the girls below can give them away, but us serious girls can only make do with it! It’s fine if it’s used to practice calligraphy, but if it’s a handkerchief What about handing in the post? It’s also fortunate that I’m back now, my father loves and protects my mother, otherwise, I don’t know how much anger I would have suffered.”

The immediate intention is naturally to hope that Jia Amnesty will not be angry with Mrs. Xing, as Mrs. Xing has done the best within her ability.

Jia Amnesty knew that his daughter was giving him a message, and immediately said: "Oh? There is such a thing? But this is the purchase of the pen and paper?"

Wang Xifeng just opened her mouth, but was pulled by Mrs. Xing and had to stop.

Jia Yan over there said: "Father, this is not the only thing. If we say that the most serious thing is the rouge and gouache. It was like this in the old year. The second wife is in charge of all the big and small things in the house. The rouge powder she used is of course the best, but my mother can only use the same things as our sisters. Where are those rouge and gouache powders used by others? If you really want to use them on your face, there are very few ideas that don't make your face red. Therefore, when the sisters want to use it, they have to entrust someone to buy it from the extra money in the monthly money."

Jia She immediately glanced at Wang Xifeng. Coincidentally, Mrs. Xing was standing beside Wang Xifeng. Seeing Jia She's eyes sweeping over, she thought Jia She was talking to her, and hurriedly said:

"My lord, that's not the only thing. There is a lot of money for rouge and powder in this mansion. The second girl, the third girl, and the fourth girl have two taels of money for makeup powder every month besides the monthly money..."

When Jia She heard this, he immediately became unhappy: "Why, you are not even willing to pay the two taels of silver?"

Seeing Jia Amnesty put down his face, Mrs. Xing immediately faltered.

Jia Yan smiled and said, "Father, you have wronged mother. The money for the rouge powder is a trivial matter, but the purchase of the rouge powder is a big one. The money for the powder powder is for a little girl like her daughter, but the purchase of the rouge powder is in charge of it." The entire mansion. After all, we girls are not the only ones who use rouge powder in this mansion. The maids and women below also use rouge powder. The mother told her daughter more than once that she should use rouge powder first. Then I used the two taels of silver per month to silence my daughter, but ignored the chaos in the purchase. How can this be a scene of housekeeping? The daughter said, since it is during the funeral of the aunt, why not take the opportunity to buy this , there is one less wormhole, and it will save the outside world from seeing jokes."

Only then did Wang Xifeng realize that Jia Yan was after her.It is said that Jia Min's filial piety can not use rouge and gouache. Isn't it saying that her clothes do not conform to the rules?

But before she could express her opinion, Jia Amnesty had already nodded.

"That's exactly what I said. I'll tell my second child later."

When Jia Amnesty said this, it can be seen that he wanted Jia Zheng to talk to Mrs. Wang.In Jia's house, the men usually don't care about things, but if Jia Amnesty really talks to Jia Zheng, then the matter is settled.